Stress!

What is stress?

• Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way.

Stress Response

• the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction

What role does sociology play?

• Can help understand…–Why people get stressed out– The common tendencies of stressful situations– The ways to avoid stress– Response of individuals/groups to stress– Social factors that contribute to stress

Possible Theories?

① To learn how teenagers recognize when their stress levels are out of control

② To learn what triggers teenagers to feel ‘stressed out’

③ To learn which stress response (flight or fight) is more common among teenagers

④ To learn what social factors contribute to stress

Survey

1. Make sure your survey questions match your research objectives. (why you intend to conduct your survey research before you are able to properly write survey questions)

2. Understand your research participants.

3. Use natural and familiar language.

Open-Ended

• Allows participants to respond in any way they choose

Close-ended

• Particpants choose from a limited number of responses predetermined by the researcher

Multiple Choice

• What is your current martial status? (select one)SingleMarriedCivil UnionDivorcedSeparatedWidowed

Categorical

• What is your gender?MaleFemale

Likert-Scale

• Attitudes or feelings about something• How important do yout hink SAT scores are to

a college student’s succes? (seclet one)

1 2 34 5

Not very important Extremely Important

Ranking • Please rank the importance of the following

qualities in a team leader. – (Please fill in your rank order in the spaces

provided using the numbers 1 through 5)

A team leader that is sincere A team leader that gets resources for the team A team leader that is an advocate for the team A team leader that is a strong disciplinarian A team leader that is a good motivator

Data Output for Question Types:

• Each question type produces a different output on the analysis side.  Depending on how you are going to use your data, this output may factor into your decision which question type to use.